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Live Cricket Score Pakistan vs Australia, 3rd ODI at Perth: Smith, Handscomb defy Pakistan

Hello, good morning and a very warm welcome to you at CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates post of the third One-Day International (ODI) at WACA, Perth between Australia and Pakistan.

Pakistan vs Australia 3rd ODI

Hello, good morning and a very warm welcome to you at CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates post of the third One-Day International (ODI) at WACA, Perth between Australia and Pakistan. The ongoing five-ODI series is currently levelled at 1-1, and the visitors return to one of their most favourite venues in Australia. Pakistan have won 4 out of their 6 ODIs at WACA, and to bring you the live cricket updates and scores of what they will do in the third game of this series, this is Devarchit Varma. Australia will look to bounce back after their embarrassing performance with the bat in the last two games, and on the other hand, Pakistan will aim to make most of what they earned at Melbourne.

It has been an interesting series of an intense contest between Pakistani spinners and the frail Australian batsmen, who have shown a lot of nervousness in the first two ODIs. Australia are a team that likes to score heavily, especially playing ODIs in their backyard, but Pakistan deserve rich applause for being able to keep the hosts under 300 both at Brisbane and Melbourne. While with 268/9 in Brisbane, the hosts were able to pull off a win. But the visitors bounced back to keep Australia under 250, and successfully chased the total without many qualms.

FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Pakistan vs Australia, 3rd ODI at Perth

Australia have made a couple of changes for the WACA ODI. An injured Mitchell Marsh has been replaced by Peter Handscomb, who will be making his debut. Chris Lynn has been ruled out of the series due to a neck injury, but in the bowling department, Mitchell Starc has been rested for the lanky Billy Stanlake.

On the other hand, Pakistan will remain without their regular skipper Azhar Ali, who suffered a hamstring injury. Mohammad Hafeez will lead Pakistan once again as the tourists will look to build on their winning momentum in Australia.

Hafeez and Imad Wasim were the heroes of Pakistan’s win, but the contribution of the pacers cannot be underestimated. In the second ODI, playing a 50-over contest for Pakistan after more than 2 years, Junaid Khan claimed 2 wickets early on to push Australia on the backfoot. On the other hand, Mohammad Aamer was Pakistan’s most successful bowler with 3 wickets.

Squads:

Australia playing XI for 3rd ODI: Steven Smith (c), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade (wk), James Faulkner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Billy Stanlake.

Pakistan: Azhar Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Rizwan, Imad Wasim, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Rahat Ali, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Hafeez.

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